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All the above communications are posted on the Company’s
website (www.acrux.com.au). Shareholders are encouraged
to receive shareholder materials electronically and can do
so by visiting our investor centre, located on the Company’s
website. In addition the Company is committed to using
general meetings of the Company to effectively communicate
with shareholders and to allow reasonable opportunities for
informed shareholder participation at these meetings. Where
possible the Company will comply with the ASX Best Practice
Guidelines for the content of notices of meeting. Further, the
external auditor is requested to attend the Annual General
Meeting and be available to answer shareholder questions about
the conduct of the audit of the Company and the preparation
and content of the auditor’s report. The Company is committed
to further developing its communications strategies to optimise
shareholder communication.
3. Share trading
Under the Company’s share trading policy all employees
and Directors of the Company and its related companies are
prohibited from trading in the Company’s shares if they are in
possession of inside information. In addition, the Directors,
Senior Executives and all other employees are prohibited from
trading in the Company’s shares during the period from the
end of the financial year to the release of financial results to
the market. The Directors, the Company Secretary, persons
reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer (and their
associated persons) and all other employees may not trade in
shares in the Company without the approval of the Company
Secretary (or the Chair in the case of the Company Secretary)
and only if they have first given a statement that they are not in
possession of material non-public information. Such approval
expires after five business days.
4. Conduct and ethics
The Directors and Management of the Company and its
controlled entities are committed to observing high standards of
ethics and behaviour in all of the Company’s activities, including
the Company’s interaction with its shareholders, employees,
business partners, customers, suppliers, the community and
the environment in which the Company operates. The Company
has adopted a Code of Conduct which provides the ethical and
legal framework for how the Company will conduct its business
and how the Company will relate to shareholders, employees,
business partners, customers, suppliers, the community and
the environment in which the Company operates. Issues covered
by the Code of Conduct are:
• values;
• compliance with laws;
• fair dealing;
• confidentiality and protection of Company assets;
• conflicts of interest;
• shareholders and the financial community;
• trading in Company securities;
• equal opportunity;
• health, safety and environment;
• reporting non-compliance and grievances;
• compliance with taxation laws;
• bribes and financial inducements; and
• political donations.
In addition the Company has adopted a whistle-blower policy.
The purpose of this policy is to encourage the reporting of
conduct by employees of the Company and other persons with
whom the Company deals closely where the interests of others,
including the public, or of the Company itself are at risk.
The conduct covered by the policy is conduct that is:
a. illegal, dishonest, fraudulent or corrupt;
b. in breach of Commonwealth or state legislation or local
authority by-laws;
c. in breach of applicable industry practices, such as Good
Laboratory Practice, Good Clinical Practice or Good
Manufacturing Practice;
d. unethical (being either a breach of the Company’s Code
of Conduct or generally);
e. gross mismanagement;
f. a serious or substantial waste of resources;
g. an unsafe work practice;
h. failure to comply with agreements with the Company’s
commercial partners;
i. a breach of proper environmental practice;
j. other serious improper conduct; and
k. any other conduct that may cause financial or non-financial
loss to the Company or otherwise be detrimental to the
interests of the Company.
ACRUX ANNUAL REPORT 2016 17